Backup

The backup of a single guest VM takes the following steps:

• Take a snapshot of the guest VM through a hidden Nutanix API endpoint.

• Export guest VM metadata configuration for future restore.

• Backup every disks on the guest VM by ingestion on proxy VM.

• Add new a snapshot to the tracker and look for snapshots to delete.

See also

Next articles:

• Restore

• bconsole Query Commands

• Interactive Snapshot Deletion

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